Michael Corleone once said 'Just when I thought I was out, they dragged me back in. I'm having a bit of a Godfather moment myself right now over the World Cup. Never planned to be a fan of the England thing. Or a believe the hype 'this is our year'. And so the stupid o'clock kick off times the over soled over priced over there blue eyed boys of Woy's 23 were all good reasons to turn off and turn in (to bed) . But here I am two days in blurry eyed having stayed up for the 3rd night in a row until past two in the morning to watch football catch up. So what happened? Looks like they made me an offer I couldn't refuse!
And for once nobody is actually predicting we are going to win the thing. Celebrity pundits such as James Corden got it right he said this week 'Its the Hope that kills you' Prepare for dissapointment. Even Ex. England captain Rio Ferdinand warned fans to keep the expectations low. But perhaps Proffesor Steven Hawkings one of the greatest minds of our time who was asked to work out a formula for a winning team summed up our chances in by far the deepest and well tought out argument I've heard. When asked about Englands chances if they went to a penalty shootout . He said 'They couldn't hit a cows arse with a banjo'!!
Asda sem to be taking their patriotic fervour a little bit to extreme their Klu Klux Klan inspired hoodies have had to be withdrawn.
More science Richard Dawkins, not satisfied with trashing the existence of god has now turned his attention to fairytales. After declaring that are all rubbish he wasted more time trying to prove his point by using his big scientific brain to analyse the probability of it even being possible for a frog to turn into a Prince. He says that statistically it would be impossible- so that's it then case closed! Forget about fairy tales sounds to me like he's the one who is away with the fairies!!
I would love to go exploring iall the old boarded up buildings in the city. The ones that have been empty for years like those on Lime street just to see whats been left behind. So you can imagine how jealous I was this week when I heard about A guy called Dan Maibix he describes himself as an 'Urban Explorer' and breaking in to old buildings and exploring is just what he does. He may not have Indianna Jones type adventures but seeing some of his beautiful pictures of forgotten buidlings from around the globe is just as exciting. I bet he would have a field day around here. When I grow up that's what I want to be....
I was listening to a guy who describes himself as 'futurologist' the other day. Now theirs a good job. Some might say he makes things up for a living and dreams big. Everything he says is in the future so how can you argue with a man when hes says things like one day we will all live on the moon and be able to fly and arrive at places half an hour before we left, it's all part of his job. And best of all he probably gets paid for it. . Just when I was thinking he's having a laugh, the next news item was about how driverless cars are almost a reality. Who'd of thought it.
Rubic cubes are forty years old this month and if they are around for another forty years I still wouldn't be able to complete one.
Is this what it's like to be old? Got bit on the ear by some gnat type thing the other day first of all it swelled up like balloon eventually the swelling went but the ear has stayed big and floppy. Result is I've got an ear like an African elephant now swaying in the breeze. Proper old mans ear! At least next time a fly comes near it I'll be able to swot it away!
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